Shin Seong-il
Shin Seong-il was a Korean actor (1937-2018). Born in occupied Korea, as Kang Shin-yeong, he attended Geonguk University, majoring in Korean Literature. He made his film debut in director Shin Sang-ok's Romance Papa in 1960 and appeared in more than 500 movies. He won several awards for best actor or best supporting actor for films such as Private Tutor (1963) and Moonlight Hunter (1987). In 1979, he became the chairman of the Korean Actors League and held the position for several consecutive terms. After a long career as an actor and having directed and even produced, Shin Sung-il retired from the film industry in favour of pursuing a career in politics. He was elected to the National Assembly.
A Year-End Medley
as Yong-jin's FatherA romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It...
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Door to the Night
as Jong-SubAfter the death of his wife, Jong-Sub (Kang Shin Sung Il) raised his son alone. He lost his son...
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Typhoon
as PresidentA vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in...
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Tyrant Yeonsan
as Prince Jin-seongPrince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings...
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I Am a King
as Choi Yeong-cheolTrainer Meng Doo-ho spots Young-chul in a bar fight and decides to turn him into a boxing champion.
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Under the Sky in Seoul
as Yeong-gilAn oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a...
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Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
as Kim Eui-changJi-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party,...
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Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
as Kim Eui ChangJi-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party,...
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as Park Sang-saCaptain Kim is grievously wounded in the first days of the war. When the northern troops...
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Horse-year Bride
as Kim Geun-hoIt is the year of the white horse that arrives every sixty years. Three women avoid sleeping...
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Prince Yeonsan
as Prince Jin-seongA historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of...
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Romance Papa
as Barun (Second son)A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children,...
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Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
as King SukjongKing Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive...
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Mist
as Yun Gi-junYun Gi-jun has become the executive director of a pharmaceutical company by marrying the widowed...
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Kinship
as Geo-bukThe story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families...
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A Second Mother
as Dong-oNam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja....
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An Empty Dream
as The male patientWhile under the effects of anasthesia in a dentist's office, a young man and woman fantasize a...
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For My Husband
as Crown Prince SadoHis own father had hated Crown Prince Sado. The king finally orders to kill him by locking him...
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Watercolors in Rain
as Yang-booThe story of Ji-su who life was torn by two women in his life. One of them is his step-sister...
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Five Hostesses for the Resistance
as Un-ilA patriot Park No-Hun is dispatched by Shanghai Provisional Government for Independence to...
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Evergreen Tree
as Won-jaeYeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and...
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The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
as Lee Tae-yoonAfter an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he...
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Gilsodom
as Kim Dong-jinA middle-aged woman in Busan searches for the son she lost in Gilsodom during the Korean War.
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Night Journey
as Park Dae-riA bank employee dissatisfied with the casualness and secrecy of her relationship with her...
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Special Agent X-7
as uncreditedThe Korean Intelligence Agency receives information that a huge amount of gold is being smuggled...
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Late Autumn
as uncreditedA well behaved female prisoner, on parole, is set to return to prison. On the train ride back to...
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Yeraishang
as uncreditedA self-supporting student injured during the 4.19 Student Uprising gets help from an older...
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A Young Zelkova
as HyungyuSuk-hee's mother is remarried to a man who has a son a year senior than Suk-hee. The two don't...
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The General's Mustache
as Kim Chul-hoonThe movie begins with the mysterious death of a journalistic photographer named Kim Cheol-hun....
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General's Son 3
as uncreditedFollowing the final events of General's Son 2, Kim Du-han is forced to go on the lam but...
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Madam White Snake
as Seon HeoA thousand-year-old snake that has transformed itself into a human, Madame White Snake (Choe...
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Sound of Magpies
as uncreditedBong-su, who has been missing since the Korean War, returns to his hometown. A death notice for...
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The Beautiful Maid
as Nam Jeong-hakA woman is in domestic service after going up to Seoul. She loves a university student of a rich...
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Woman
as uncreditedA man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable...
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Green Rain
as CheolCheol, an auto mechanic, and Yeong-hui, a maid meet. Cheol lies and tells Yeong-hui that he is...
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A Day Off
as Heo-wookOne Sunday, a penniless unmarried young South Korean couple meet, as they do every Sunday; while...
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Gate of Woman
as Hyo-jinIn 1900, there lived two widows in a village : Mrs. Seo and her daughter-in-law Ok-Nyeo. Water...
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The Barefooted Young
as Jo Doo-sooJo Doo-soo, a member of a gang, comes across and helps Joanna, a college student who is about to...
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My Hometown
as Min Jun-taeAfter fourteen years in Japan a small-time crook returns to his hometown.
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Beyond the Mountain
as Jin-GongIn a quite mountain temple Chim-hae follows a path of asceticism under the instruction of the...
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The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
as uncreditedThe spy Im Su-myung refuses to speak. Kang Sin-jung is the lawyer appointed for Su-myung's...
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The Eunuch
as Jung-hoA nobleman sends his daughter to the king as a concubine in order to gain personal power and...
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The Lost Sun
as Seo Sang-cheolA bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers.
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Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
as Moon-hoA man and a woman fall for one another, but she is haunted by her troubled history with men.
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The Three Hen-pecked Generations
as uncreditedA grandfather, his son, and grandson are all henpecked husbands. A comedy picturing these three...
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The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
as uncreditedCollege girl Jang-mi, has trouble coping after her break up with with Kyu-sik. She suffers from...
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The Classroom of Youth
as Park Chan-sikWhile the students, full of vigor in their twenties, make a stand against their parents who...
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The Midnight Sun
as 박Jang Jung-Han is a commander of 330 unit who is with his wife and son Kyu-Shik. By chance...
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The Continental Spy
as Wang-seongDuring the Chinese-Japanese War (1937-1945) a nightclub dancer is given a dangerous mission by...
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A Woman on the Verge
as uncreditedHa Kook-jin, a physician, meets Noh Ae-ri and his group who came to broadcast at the ski resort...
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Wind, Please Tell Me
as uncreditedWanho and Kyunghui go camping, but Gwisun secretly loves Wanho. After an accident, Wanho and...
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Under an Umbrella
as uncreditedDong Won is a down-and-out artist who suffers from despair and dissatisfaction and suicidal...
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Come Down to a Lower Place
as Ahn Shin-samYo-han is the son of a Christian minister. Following his father's career, he joins the seminary...
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Betrayal
as Seong-HoonTo prevent an investigation into a fraudulent bidding case, Woorim Engineering & Construction...
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The Three-Day Reign
as uncreditedDuring the last days of the Yi dynasty, conflict arises between the China-leaning conservatives,...
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Free Woman
as uncreditedA Korean woman raised in Spain with European values towards life and romance finds living in her...
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A Student Boarder
as Park In-seok / Kang Min-guA melodrama about a man whose girlfriend leaves him for another man after his face is...
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The Eunuch 2
as uncreditedAfter Queen Shin is dethroned, a power struggle erupts among King Jung-jong's concubines who...
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You Become a Star, Too
as Sang-gyuA butterfly flies from the mountain to the city. Sang-Kyu, who works in a company, buys a house...
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Winter Woman
as Heo MinBased on a serial novel by Cho Hae-il, "Winter Woman" deals with the sexual awakening of Yi-hwa,...
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Stroller
as uncreditedAn old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter...
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Private Tutor
as Jeon Yeong-gilTwo half brothers love a private tutor hired by their parents. She is more fond of the younger...
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Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
as Investigator LeeTwo North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma...
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The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
as uncreditedThis film portrays the construction of Seokguram Grotto during King Gyeongdeok's reign in Silla....
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The Oldest Son
as Lee Tae-yeongForced to leave their home because of the construction of a new dam which will flood their...
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Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
as uncredited
Desire
as uncreditedA doctor is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had formerly been the mistress of a married man.
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Ascetic
as uncreditedHow big is the gap between friendship and love between women? Can one separate the moral...
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Ban Geum-ryeon
as uncreditedSeo Mun-kyung, a merchant in ancient China where polygamy is legal, monopolizes the salt sales...
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Temporary Government in Shanghai
as Shin ilThe story deals with the life of Kim Gu, who dedicated his life for the good of his country and...
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My Old Sweetheart
as uncreditedA 36-year old detective falls in love with a nihilistic 19-year old shop-lifter and wonders if...
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Starting Point
as uncreditedSang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for...
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Gunsmoke
as Jin-wooO Jin-u of a rich family and a female private tutor at his house are in love, but his family are...
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A Hero without a Serial Number
as uncreditedIn around the 1950s. A man in charge of a guerilla unit is hiding in the Masingryeong Mountains....
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A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
as uncreditedDong-hoon, a CF director, decides to marry Su-hee, a young lady, with the introduction of...
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Confess of Woman
as uncreditedWhen her husband goes away to America to study for three years, she gets lonely and begins to...
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A Barren Woman
as uncreditedJi-won, a playwright, tries to make her promiscuous husband, to drop his bad habits. But he...
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Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
as uncreditedHeavenly Homecoming of the Stars 2
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Woman Requiem
as uncreditedAfter the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those...
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Living in the Sky
as uncreditedThe film, which was shot to promote the Korean air force team, depicts the story of air force...
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The Starting Point
as uncreditedCrime ring leader Lee hires prostitute Seon to kill his subordinate Seok-gu who has threatened...
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Under an Umbrella
as uncreditedDong-won is a down-and-out artist who suffers from despair and dissatisfaction and suicidal...
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Two Sons
as uncreditedRecently released from prison, Cheol-ho is expelled from his brother's house after he beats his...
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Wildflowers on the Battleground
as uncreditedA look at the Korean War through the eyes of a mute boy who was kept as a mascot by a regiment...
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Vega
as 남편As the daughter-in-law of a prestigious family, she had to live in a tearful marriage with...
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Ring of Hell
as uncreditedKa-chi who spent a miserable childhood starts out looking for Eom-ji, who used to be at the...
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